A post shared by David Usher (@davidusher) on Mar 11, 2019 at 9:53am PDT

In the comments, fans were mostly sympathetic and shared wishes for a full and speedy recovery. Some had different reactions. “I almost fainted looking at this,” one commented. Another wrote: “Gross... did this have to be so close up?”

Usher’s manager Graeme McDonald told iHeartRadio.ca: “It's possible that he'll never play the violin after this. But then, fortunately for him, he never did play violin.”